The Probate and Administration Rules

Rule 35 of The Probate and Administration Rules: Grant to trust corporation

(1) Any trust corporation wishing to petition for a grant shall file with its petition evidence that it is a trust corporation within the definition thereof in section 3 of the Act and an undertaking to inform the principal registry of any change in its eligibility.
(2) The principal registry shall maintain a register of trust corporations to which grants have been issued under subrule (1) and shall on request supply copies of the register and all amendments thereto to the Mombasa registry.
(3) There shall be produced with every petition by a trust corporation a copy certified by the advocate for the petitioner of the power of attorney or other authority of the officer of the corporation making the application which the registry shall note and return.
(4) Every application by a trust corporation for a grant shall be made in the principal registry or the Mombasa registry.

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